labour

• Originated in the lst 19th century to meet the demands of a working class with newly gained suffrage
• Equality a key value
• Factions - Blairites vs Brownites essentially Labour against Labour traditions versus Labour which is more socialist and against market-driven reforms
• Factions - Open Labour 2016 to combat factionalism
• Factions - Labour First, right wing Labour group
• Economy - tax and spend party
• Economy - 2019, reverse Tory cuts and reintroduce 45p additional rate of income tax for top earners
• Law and order - 1997 went against traditional Labour beliefs by wanting to fast track young offenders
• Law and order - 2019 Domestic violence register to monitor the behaviour of perpetrators
• Welfare - fair work standard for the public sector
• Welfare - extend statutory maternity leave
• Welfare - 10-year plan of social care reform
• Welfare - Mental Health support within a month
• Welfare - National Excellence Program to train 6,500 new teachers
• Foreign policy - more amenable to immigration